2008-09 Seminars in Genetics: Virology
(listing updated 21 Jan 09)

The Seminar in Genetics will focus on virology this semester and will meet on Fridays at 3:30 p.m. in room 307 Biology Unit I. At each meeting, the instructors will make a short presentation on the scheduled topic before a member of the class presents a classic paper in the field.

• January 23: Virion structure: Jason O'Donnell, Institute of Molecular Biophysics, and Joseph Gillen, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  
• January 30: Virus entry into host cells: Dr. Ping Zhu and Stephen Frausto, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  
• February 6: Replication, RNA virus: Qiming Liang, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  
• February 13: Discussion of February 12 colloquium presentation
  
• February 20: Replication, DNA virus: Andres Plata Stapper, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  
• February 27: Replication, retrovirus: Dr. Hengli Tang, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  
• March 6: Virus assembly: Feng Yang, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  
• March 13: SPRING BREAK
  
• March 20: Viruses and cancer (tumor viruses): Jason Robida, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  
• March 27: Innate immunity/antiviral response: Benjamin Pope, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  
• April 3: Antiviral drug development: Henry C. Grisé, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  
• April 10: Vaccines: Rachael N. Kenworthy, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  
• April 17: Hot new paper in virology: Dr. Fanxiu Zhu, Department of Biological Science, FSU
  
• April 24: Review and conclusions: Dr. Hengli Tang and Dr. Fanxiu Zhu, Department of Biological Science, FSU